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Friday, July 17, 2015

30 Days of drawing

I'd like to draw but I don't, it's not something that has ever been part of my life and I don't really know why it should be! As much as anything I'm interested in what my 'style' would be - I'd love to be the kind of person who can capture an image loosely but I fear that I'd get bogged down in detail and accuracy...

Today I picked up a post on Facebook about a 30 day drawing challenge:

It isn't local to me so I can't physically take part but I am going to have a go to see whether I can develop the habit of daily drawing. And in the spirit of things I'll make a donation to my chosen charity, whether I complete the challenge or not.

I don't intend to make things harder or embarrassing by posting everyday, but here is Day 1 'Something red':

Well, see? Not so bad! My experience has been that the more I sketch the easier I find it to loosen up and drop some of the detail - not my usual approach to anything. I like this list. It's not unlike a challenge I did to document your life with a daily photograph in which they gave you the theme for each day so you weren't floundering wondering what to capture. When I did my own 30 day sketch challenge, there were days when I really didn't know what to draw and it would have been nice to have a list like this to get my mind going. Good luck and post as much of it as you feel comfortable posting. We will be nothing but supportive! ;-)